Schedule

Besieged Fortresses, Legendary Battles: The Siege of Alesia, Caesar's Greatest Victory

Summer, 52 BC. The Gallic wars were coming to an end beneath the fortifications of Alesia. After six years of fighting, almost 200 000 warriors came together on the plain. One of the greatest battles in Antiquity was about to commence. Part 4 of 4.

The Siege of Leningrad

The Siege of Leningrad by the German Armed Forces began on 8 September 1941 and ended on 27 January 1944. A remarkable story both of heroism and mankind’s failings – and one of the worst atrocities carried out by Germany during the Second World War.

WWII in Colour: Road to Victory: The Invasion of Italy

After victory in North Africa, Britain and the United States prepare for their first assault on Axis-controlled Europe. The Americans want to attack Nazi Germany through France but the British fear a bloodbath. They persuade their Allies to launch a huge amphibious invasion of Sicily and then Italy instead. Part 5 of 10.

The Rise and Fall of the Rust Belt: Boom to Bust

An early 21st-century world where once again innovation, disruption, and displacement are forces across the planet. The Mid West lost jobs, work, orders and factories. Populations and cities shrunk and it became known as the Rust Belt. Part 2 of 2.

The Siege of Leningrad

The Siege of Leningrad by the German Armed Forces began on 8 September 1941 and ended on 27 January 1944. A remarkable story both of heroism and mankind’s failings – and one of the worst atrocities carried out by Germany during the Second World War.

WWII in Colour: Road to Victory: The Invasion of Italy

After victory in North Africa, Britain and the United States prepare for their first assault on Axis-controlled Europe. The Americans want to attack Nazi Germany through France but the British fear a bloodbath. They persuade their Allies to launch a huge amphibious invasion of Sicily and then Italy instead. Part 5 of 10.

Grand Tours of the Scottish Isles:

Paul Murton experiences island life. In the northernmost spur of Skye – the Trotternish Peninsula – he visits the Old Man of Storr. Part 4 of 6.

Teleshopping